Historic Fashion Meets Contemporary Designs By Ann Yee, Arbitrage, Cody Sai, and Janet Zheng Some of the looks featured in the “Fashion Then” segment Last night, New York’s CUE Art Foundation was the venue for a night of fashion organized by the China Institute’s Young Associates program to foster the next generation of China Institute…
Month: March 2019
Gucci Learns To Speak Chinese
Company Plans To Invest Most Heavily In Asia-Pacific Region, With Particular Eye On China, In 2010 Gucci has grown rapidly in China, but does it risk overexposure? Many would say it has already spread itself too thin The last decade has been good for Gucci in China, with the company going from a handful of…
2009 Wrap-Up: Chinese Jewelry, Fashion Brands Awaken
Home-Grown Brands, Creating Everything From Sporting Goods To Jewelry, Have Their Eyes Set On International Markets Chinese fashion houses like JNBY have, over the past 10 or 15 years, quickly established reputations for world-class design and quality. While foreign luxury brands maintained their comfortable lead in China throughout 2009, even cementing it further in smaller…
Fiorucci Opens Massive Hong Kong Flagship
New Boutique Located In Central, Near Party Spot Lan Kwai Fong Fiorucci’s new Hong Kong flagship is located on Wellington Street in Central (Image: LifestyleAsia) Just because most luxury brands remain fixated on the Chinese mainland doesn’t mean Hong Kong’s missing out. Actually it’s quite the opposite. Owing in no small part to mainland China’s…
Chinese Creativity: Who Are The Emerging Designers?
Jing Daily Picks Some Of China’s Top Designers Beijing designer Vega Wang (Image: Sina) Last month, Reuters quoted fashion executives and designers as saying that Chinese designers “will drive catwalk trends more than deep-pocketed Asian buyers as China’s creativity becomes fashions’ next big thing.” While China’s money has been an economic driver, and Chinese design…
Hermès To Back New Brand, Shang Xia, In China: Will It Turn Off Chinese Luxury Buyers?
“Shang Xia” (“Topsy Turvy”) To Launch In China In September 2010 Shang Xia is Hermes' attempt to reach more customers in China by building a new brand. But will it backfire among the brand's target market? (Image: Flickr) Women’s Wear Daily reported last week that French luxury house Hermes plans to support the launch of…
Comme des Garçons Hong Kong Reopens With Ai Weiwei T-Shirt Collaboration
Top Chinese Contemporary Artist Collaborates With CdG On Hong Kong-Only T-Shirt Design The COMME des GARCONS/Ai Weiwei collaboration t-shirt will retail for $1600 HKD (approximately $206 USD) and only be available at the CdG store in Hong Kong. Luxury brand and artist collaborations have gained steam over the past few years, as luxury designers try…
Singer Faye Wong Models For Céline, Plots Comeback Tour
Wong In Midst Of Comeback, Tipped To Grace Cover Of September Issue Of Mainland China Elle Faye Wong for Celine (Image: Elle) She may not be a household name in much of the world, but throughout most of East and Southeast Asia the Chinese singer (and occasional actress) Faye Wong (王菲) is entertainment royalty. Before…
A Chinese Demographic Not To Neglect: Trendy, Big-Spending Men (Jing Archives)
80% Of Wealthy Male Chinese Consumers Between 18-44 Years Of Age One of the faces of "he fashion" in China: athlete Liu Xiang (Image: 163.com) This May, Jing Daily translated an interesting Chinese-language article that outlined an emerging trend it called “he fashion” in major Chinese cities, exemplified by a growing number of relatively wealthy,…
Week In Review: March 8-12
Jing Daily’s Top Posts For The Week In case you missed them the first time around, here are some of Jing Daily’s top posts for the week of March 8-12: Ai Weiwei Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art Auction: Top 10 Lots To Watch Last month, Jing Daily wrote about the recent Sotheby’s art auction in London where 100%…